Series: Advent
Title: The Joy of Christmas
Passage: Various Passages
Speaker: Ross Frisbie (Senior Minister)

Use the following study questions from RightNow Media to supplement our sermon series this week. Watch “Advent” Session #3: Our Friend, the King (by Derwin Gray) on RightNow Media

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Opening

• Think of your best friend. What qualities draw you to him or her? Why do you enjoy spending time together?

Bible Exploration

• Why does God want us to be friends with Him? How does friendship with God lead to friendship with others?
• Who in your sphere of influence needs Jesus but might not feel worthy of him? How can you reach out and share his love with them?
• In John 15:13–14 Jesus challenged his followers to show the greatest love possible, then called them his friends. What is the essence of friendship, according to Jesus? How have you experienced friendship that reflected such devotion?
• How could his call to “lay down your life” look in your everyday circumstances? How might regularly sacrificing for others be a challenge for you?
• See more by clicking the Study Guide link on the “Advent” series page. (https://reader.rightnowmedia.org/1579/533460)

Deeper Walk

• Pray: Spend time thanking God for sending Jesus to be the kind of friend who would sacrifice himself on your behalf. Ask him to show you how you can be the same sort of giving, loving friend to others.